September 14 [Day 20] Blue-out conditions prevailed all day with not even a trace of cloud. Winds were unvarying westerly and generally below 15 km/h and the temperature reached 20.5C from a low of 9C. Today it was Denise helping me stare into the empyrean and between us we tallied 52 migrants (and probably missed the odd one too). Movement began early with a Northern Harrier at 0742, and the first two Golden Eagle migrants were the earliest yet this season (0929 and 1036). The highlight of the day was 4 Broad-winged Hawks, the last of which was our first dark-morph adult which was almost hit by a westward flying helicopter at 1656: the bird was quite violently rocked by the rotor wash. Passerine movement was again quite subdued but included the first gambelii White-crowned Sparrows of the season, and a couple of Cassin’s Finches singing early in the morning were a delight. 11.67 hours (220.68) OSPR 1 (7), NOHA 2 (38), SSHA 21 (273), COHA 9 (92), NOGO 3 (17), UA 5 (33), BWHA 4 (12), RTHA 3 (80), GOEA 4 (50) TOTAL 52 (654)